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Are you ready for another challenge? We’ve already awarded a total prize pool of $15,000 to winners of the Designer Schwag and Sports & the Hobbies challenges, and now we’re kicking off another friendly competition: this time we’re searching for the best PBR models of interior objects! Join our Interior Design Challenge today! Eligible models This is a single-object model challenge, so no environments or interior sets can enter the competition. You can, however, take...

Are you going to your local Game Jam? We know we are! This year, we want to help jammers around the world, and what better way to do that than by giving access to some great free 3D models? The CGTrader community has a huge base of game-ready free models, and our designers picked a couple of game-ready free models to show you the potential CGTrader has for jammers. Check them out! Free character models...

We are still accepting submissions for the 3D Challenge: Abstract Elements. You have until January 29 to show us what you can do with natural and man-made forms, ornaments and geometric shapes. If it sounds too abstract, we have some examples of what you could use: Objects found in nature: clouds and smoke, fire, liquid drops and splashes, ice and snow, crystals and gems, floral objects (flowers, leaves, vines - the more design oriented, the...

In a sense we’re all flying through space in a spiraling path at a ridiculous speed (did you know we’re only 4 billion years away from the Milky Way colliding with Andromeda?), but for this 3D challenge we put our reference point on Earth and let your imagination run free! The Space challenge invited designers from all over the world to submit space-themed designs in low and high poly categories. We had a huge turnout...

In the Fall, we were running a Sports & Hobbies themed 3D challenge. We know, quite some time has passed since the challenge was closed, but we have finally decided the winners and hope to get the amazing prizes delivered before the holidays start :) So, without further ado, let’s see who created the models that left the judges in awe. The judging process was based on a number of aspects including technical, aesthetic, legal,...

We have some thrilling news to share: thanks to our partners at Karma Ventures we are now ready to get bigger and better. CGTrader has raised USD 2.3M in funding to scale the business and serve the rapidly growing demand for 3D models. The investment round was led by Karma Ventures, with participation by CGTrader’s current investors Intel Capital and Practica Capital. So far, the community has been the driving force behind the success of...

Today, October 13, Deloitte CE, an international management consulting and audit company, has released the results of Technology Fast 50 Central Europe 2017 project. Technology Fast 50 programme recognises and profiles the fastest growing public or private technology companies in Central Europe. CGTrader was nominated and won in Rising Stars category, which ranks the fastest growing companies that are too-young to enter the main Fast50 list. CGTrader won the nomination with the reported growth of...

After we did our blog post top 20 most searched keywords on CGTrader in the first half of 2017, some community members expressed interest in learning about top keywords that actually turn into sales! We heard that, so here is the latest data and a few insights from our internal search for the Q3. So, as you might have noticed, keyword Car is the ultimate leader in the category, that’s not changed since the last...

We have some great news for all the designers on CGTrader. Starting today, September 12, 2017, Payoneer is available as a payment method on CGTrader. This has been a long awaited integration by the community. As we are dedicated to making sure our designers are earning the most for their work, we recommend you to try Payoneer as a payment method. The reason behind it is simple – all payments from CGTrader will be free...

The SIGGRAPH 2017, most likely the largest CG event globally is over, but there are more exciting events coming and for those in Europe the animago AWARD & CONFERENCE in Munich is surely worth a look at. September 7-8 th representatives of the most influential companies in VFX Animation and Visualization scene are gathering together to show their finest work, discuss the latest trends and figure out who-is-who in the industry. Besides the awards, where...